90% of Linux Systems Have Never Been Infected ...

"More Than 90% of Linux Systems Have Never Been Infected by a Virus, New
Evans Data Survey; Eighty Percent Have Never Been Hacked."

Evansdata.com as reported on Business Wire:
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040728005158&newsLang=en

SANTA CRUZ, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 28, 2004--Ninety two percent
of survey respondents indicated that their Linux systems have never been
infected with a virus, according to Evans Data's new Summer 2004 Linux
Development Survey. Further, 78% of Linux developers say that their
Linux systems have never been hacked and less than 7% were hacked three
or more times. Of the 22% that have been hacked, 23% of the intrusions
were by internal users with valid login ID's. The main ways that Linux
machines can be compromised are: Inadequately configured security
settings, vulnerability in internet service and Web server flaws.
(http://www.evansdata.com/cgi/relocate.php?key=lnx2004_2_1)
(http://www.evansdata.com/cgi/relocate.php?key=lnx2004_2_2)
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-- Developer migration to the 2.6 Kernel has increased significantly ...

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